【正文】 他們或許是對的?！业拇蠖鄶?shù)朋友甚至不肯跟我談?wù)撨@事。 我如釋重負，不由得熱淚流淌，幸虧這只是個夢。(4)我手指扣住扳機，最后用力一扣，在親手結(jié)束了侵入者生命的同時也慶幸自己沒有成為犧牲品。他很高大，把過道都堵住了——根本不可能擊不中。我一把抓起槍，坐在床腳處等著。槍讓我惡夢不斷。太多的人由于不知如何使用槍而死在自己的槍下。槍的重量握在手里已覺得挺舒服。我對著25英尺開外的真人大小的靶子的胸部連發(fā)6彈。我在柜臺上買一盒子彈、幾個靶子，戴上護眼罩和護耳罩，穿過雙層門，來到射擊區(qū)?！眴痰屢呀?jīng)厭倦了。我會問他，拿槍時第一件要做的事是什么，他像看傻瓜似的看著我，說：“要看看子彈是不是沒上膛。兩人在我的臥室一起看電視時，我常常練習開啟安全盒，喬丹替我計時。我解釋說，要是真有人闖入，他人小，又靈活，完全可以跳窗逃命。 但他并不因此不來問我，如果我不在家時有人闖入+他能不能使用手槍。(0．38口徑的手槍他擺弄不了。 隨后，我攜槍帶著兒子去射擊場。但我相信，知識仍是我們最有力的防范手段。 我把槍拿回家，喬丹興奮得不得了。如果知道正確的暗碼，它的按鈕式鎖一碰就開，大概比伸手去床頭柜抽屜取它只慢一兩秒鐘。這些子彈不是打靶練習用的，是防身用的。 我買下了槍。 我給不久前認識的一個人打電話，我記得他有好幾支槍。于是我極不情愿地認定：為了我們的生存，我必須確保又一個最佳選擇方案。我開始問自己，你怎么跟一個殺人犯或強奸犯談?wù)摵推街髁x呢? 最后，我決定要自我防衛(wèi)，哪怕這意味著殺死他人。(2)據(jù)稱他的犯罪行為非常殘忍，他加害于人的欲望非常強烈，這使我開始對自己在任何情況下不殺人的信念產(chǎn)生了懷疑。此人名叫理查德謝天謝地，那個強奸犯被逮住了，可那是在他又強暴了兩名女子之后。有時他在受害者家里等候，有時他趁人入睡時潛入。 我給警察局打了個電話，他們證實了這一情況。 幾年后，我離了婚，帶著3歲的兒子喬丹前往洛杉磯(那兩條狗也死了)。有狗相助，局勢變得對我有利了，那三條漢子奔回可保安全的汽車里，嚷嚷著說明天來崩了我。我抓起杰克和斯露西的頸圈，一條是200磅重的愛爾蘭狼狗，另一條是它的伙伴，140磅重的北極犬。那三條漢子從汽車里一擁而出，進了院子。那輛車尾隨著跟了進來。 我開進了車道才想起丈夫不在家。他當即掉轉(zhuǎn)車頭，幾乎撞上我的車后保險杠。一輛車與我的車差點迎頭相撞時，我?guī)缀醵嫉郊伊恕? (1)時至今日，我成了一個典型的被槍支制造商看中并視為其潛在買主的那位女人——成了成千上萬個采取這種行動的人中一員。做個妙齡十八的少女，當名反戰(zhàn)分子，真是輕松愉快。 讀高中時，我用一件開司米羊毛衫跟人換了個黑色的臂章。我的中上層階級的社會背景從來與槍支無涉。 我為什么買槍蓋爾以前蓋爾與她的朋友們持有相同的觀點，但后來她改變了看法。巴卡爾特。 第三單元安全問題課文B 在美國，許多人擁有手槍。 那也許是我們將來回顧這一時代時記得最牢的精神遺產(chǎn)：在對付我們中間無形的恐懼之時，我們成了自己的囚徒。郊區(qū)的家庭主婦在家庭旅行用車鑰匙鏈上掛著防強暴口哨，我們在自我防衛(wèi)方面變得如此聰明，最終全都聰明反被聰明誤。 其實不然；我們雖然有了這一切安全措施，但我們或許是人類文明史上最不安全的國民。 所有這一切都是以“安全”的名義實施的：我們是這么跟自己說的。 越來越多的商人正購置連接在電話機上、能剖析來電者聲音的新機器。如今我們走過這些電子搜查器時已經(jīng)看都不看一眼了；這些裝置，還有它們所代表的一切已經(jīng)獲勝。 憑借著電子透視裝置，我們似乎終于想出妙計讓恐怖分子無法近身，無論是真的恐怖分子還是憑空臆想的。這種事再也沒有了。 且看各地機場。即使在十年前，大多數(shù)私營公司仍采取自由出入的做法。也許前臺的保安認識你這張臉，平日一揮手讓你進去，但事實明擺著，你所任職的公司深感面臨威脅，因此要借助這些“鑰匙”不讓外人靠近。如果你在一家大中型公司上班，你上下班很可能不好隨意進出。我們已經(jīng)變得如此習慣于保護自己不受美國生活新氛圍的影響，如此習慣于設(shè)置障礙，以致無暇考慮這一切意味著什么。的確如此，一家大保險公司最近的一則公益廣告沒有用圖表表明我們所處的危險有多大，而是用了一幅童車的圖片，車身上懸著如今隨處可見的掛鎖。 在最溫馨的居家，也常常看得到窗上貼著小小的告示，稱本宅由某家安全保衛(wèi)機構(gòu)或某個保安公司負責監(jiān)管。 取而代之的是防盜鎖、防護鏈、電子報警系統(tǒng)，以及連接警署或私人保安公司的報警裝置。統(tǒng)計顯示，那些據(jù)稱是安寧的地區(qū)的犯罪率上升得比城鎮(zhèn)更為顯著。門不再關(guān)著不鎖上，哪怕是傍晚一段時間也不例外。 那樣的日子已經(jīng)一去不復(fù)返了。我不知道這是當?shù)氐囊环N說法還是大家都這么說的；“不落鎖”的意思是掩上門，但不鎖住。鎖之國鮑勃B第三單元安全問題課文A 許多年前，在美國，家家戶戶白天黑夜不鎖門是司空見慣的。s economic growth due to the fact that imported oil has absorbed 40% of its foreign exchange / because imported oil has absorbed 40% of its foreign exchange.4. 1) Jacob looked back on his summer holidays spent on the Big Island of Hawaii with itsbeautiful landscape and tranquil atmosphere as a rare escape from the madness of urban life. 2) Learning in the information era is really convenient and efficient. With your puter hooked up to the internet, you can easily obtain the electronic resources relevant to your research.3) Detectives, who believe more than one person is behind the constant attacks in the suburb, are using a sophisticated puter system to analyze specific behavior and situations. However, they are also aware that they shouldn’t rely too much on puter because it may make errors at times..II. Collocation1. away 2. inside/in3. forward/through 4. back5. off 6. home7. back, down 8. in, outIII. Usage1. Internet is not such an unusual word as it used to be.2. Most men do not look unattractive in them.3. Wealthy as she is, she is not unconcerned by her sudden unemployment.4. This claim is not unrealistic in view of a sharp decrease in the city39?！盠ANGUAGE PRACTICE1. d e f b g a h c2.1) trial 2) activist3) equality 4) arrested 5) transportation 6) representatives7) legal 8) boycotts 9) fame 10) representation 11) ushered in 12) lain in honor / in state Book 3 Unit 3 SecurityText AContent Questions1. No.2. No.3. It has been replaced by an era when people employ various secuirty devices at home.4. Small notices announcing that the premises are under surveillance by this security force or that guard pany.5. The insurance pany tries to impress the public that it will ensure your safety by paying for your losses.6. An atmosphere of fear and distrust.7. Because they feel threatened and want to keep outsides away.8. No. They are by now the most sophisticated of security sites.9. It is a way to hold the terrorists, real and imagined, at bay.10. To tell whether their friend or client is telling lies.11. All is done in the name of “security”. But according to the author, America, with all this “security”, is perhaps the most insecure nation in the history of civilization.12. We may have locked the evils out, but in so doing we have locked ourselves in.Text Organization1. PartsParagraphsMain IdeasPart OneParas 13In America, the era of leaving the front door on the latch has drawn to a close.Part TwoParas 415A new atmosphere of fear and distrust has crept into every aspect of daily life. As a result, security de vices, in varied forms, are put to use.Part ThreeParas 1619By locking our fears out, we bee prisoners of our own making.2.1) Doors are not left unlocked either in cities or in rural areas.2) Deadbolt locks, security chains, electronic alarm systems and trip wires are widely in use.3) Suburban families have steel bars built in sliding glass doors.4) Small notices warning against burglary are monly seen pasted on the windows of the most pleasant of homes.5) Access cards are required of those who work with medium to largesize panies.6) Airport security uses electronic Xray equipment to guard against terrorism.7) Businessmen employ new machines linked up to their telephone to help determine whether the caller is telling lies or not.Suburban housewives wear rape whistles on their key chains.Language Sense EnhancementI. 1) electronic 2) hooked up to3) suburban 4) built in5) unmon 6) announcing 7) survaillance 8) symbol